Tao-Technology for Teen Mobile Use: Harmonizing Adaptation, Autonomy, and Reflection

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Main Authors: Zhu, Pengyu, Cho, Janghee
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Published: 2025
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author Zhu, Pengyu
Cho, Janghee
author_facet Zhu, Pengyu
Cho, Janghee
contents Adolescents' mobile technology use is often regulated through rigid control mechanisms that fail to account for their autonomy and natural usage patterns. Drawing on Taoist philosophy, particularly Wu Wei, Yin-Yang, and Zi Ran, this position paper proposes Tao-Technology, a self-organizing, adaptive regulatory framework. Integrating insights from Reflective Informatics and Information Ecologies, we explore how mobile technology can dynamically adjust to context while fostering self-reflection and meaning-making. This approach shifts from external restrictions to dynamic co-adaptative regulation, ensuring technology governance remains flexible yet structured, supporting adolescents in cultivating a balanced and intentional relationship with digital technology.
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spellingShingle Tao-Technology for Teen Mobile Use: Harmonizing Adaptation, Autonomy, and Reflection
Zhu, Pengyu
Cho, Janghee
Human-Computer Interaction
Adolescents' mobile technology use is often regulated through rigid control mechanisms that fail to account for their autonomy and natural usage patterns. Drawing on Taoist philosophy, particularly Wu Wei, Yin-Yang, and Zi Ran, this position paper proposes Tao-Technology, a self-organizing, adaptive regulatory framework. Integrating insights from Reflective Informatics and Information Ecologies, we explore how mobile technology can dynamically adjust to context while fostering self-reflection and meaning-making. This approach shifts from external restrictions to dynamic co-adaptative regulation, ensuring technology governance remains flexible yet structured, supporting adolescents in cultivating a balanced and intentional relationship with digital technology.
title Tao-Technology for Teen Mobile Use: Harmonizing Adaptation, Autonomy, and Reflection
topic Human-Computer Interaction
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.12204